Telegraph.co.uk | The 'Vatican option' a possibility for Palestine Toronto Star 13, 2011) “We will go to the United Nations (to request the recognition of Palestine as a state) and then we will return to talks,” Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said early this month. But he is actually going to the UN because there are no peace ... Turkey PM pushes Palestine state Ten reasons Palestine is right to bring its case to the UN After the UN Vote on Palestine |
Gulf Times | Palestine waives the chair of Arab League Council to Qatar Oman Daily Observer CAIRO — The State of Palestine waived the chair of the 136th session Of the Arab League Council at the ministerial level, which kicked off yesterday, in favour of Qatar. Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdallah, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, ... Palestine waives the chair of the Arab League Council to Qatar Al-Farra: League should focus on Palestine League meeting to discuss UN bid of Palestinians |
Irish Times | Palestine envoy calls on Irish support Irish Times Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire Palestinian authorities have called for Irish support in its global campaign to have Palestine recognised as a United Nations member state. The Palestinian ambassador to Ireland met a cross party delegation of TDs along ... |
Telegraph.co.uk | Israel must engage the UN resolution on Palestine The Daily Star Egypt escalated its involvement in the Israel-Gaza conflict following the Aug. 18 attack from Sinai against Israelis near Eilat, which caused Israeli, Egyptian and Palestinian casualties. Cairo demanded (and got) an Israel-Hamas ... US watches warily as ties between Israel, neighbors fray ahead of UN showdown ... Jewel in the Crown of the Arab Spring Cairo's Embassy Riots: Anti-Israeli Sentiment in Egypt Has Nothing to do with ... |
The Multilateralist: Ban Ki-moon and the Palestine vote Foreign Policy (blog) And without the Council's blessing, there's no way for the General Assembly to itself make Palestine a UN member. For the Palestinian leadership, the leading fallback option is achieving an upgraded observer status at the organization. ... |
International Islamic News Agency | OIC FMs to meet in New York Pakistan Observer Islamabad—The annual coordination meeting of the foreign ministers of 57-state OIC organization will discuss in their meeting reports of various Contact Groups on issues like Islamophobia, Kashmir, Palestine , Iraq , Libya and many more on September ... OIC/Palestine: OIC Secretary General intensifies his European and ... |
Globe and Mail | UN resolution on Palestine statehood is over the Topp Globe and Mail Brian Topp, the first declared candidate for the NDP leadership, said at his press conference on Monday that Canada should vote in favour of Palestinian statehood at the United Nations. Although a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ... |
AFP | Saudi leader: US hindering Palestine vote could cost alliance Jewish Telegraphic Agency WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The United States stands to lose Saudi Arabia as an ally if it thwarts a United Nations vote on Palestinian statehood this month, a former top Saudi official said. "Saudi Arabia would no longer be able to cooperate with America in ... US risks being 'toxic' over Palestinian veto: Saudi prince |
CTV.ca | Palestine residents recall where they were on 9/11 Palestine Herald Press By ANGIE ALVARADO Palestine Herald-Press PALESTINE — Most people remember exactly what they were doing on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 when terrorists hijacked four planes and crashed two into the World Trade Center and one into the Pentagon, ... The Wall Street Journal Editorial Page: Sept. 12, 2001 Where were you when the Twin Towers fell? |
Belize Government supports Palestine Amandala Palestine has already asserted its independence and it wants full membership accession to the global organization, the UN. Currently, most of the UN members are in support, but the US has veto powers to block Palestine's accession to the UN and ... |